GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| figurine | a small carved or molded figure : statuette |
| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| beleaguer | besiege |